Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: impudent – incarcerated
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impudent, adj. [Fr. < L. impudēns, shameless.] (webplay: others).
- Saucy; insolent; impertinent; [fig.] bright; fresh; perky; decorative; atypical; unusual; attention-getting.
- Heedless; boldly disrespectful; flagrantly indifferent.
impute, v. [Fr. imputer < L.] (webplay: blame).
Charge; attribute; ascribe; reckon; hold accountable; use as an explanation.
in, adv. [see in, prep.]
- Inwardly; internally; towards the center; [fig.] privately; discretely; quietly; without talking about it.
- Within; inside; to safety; to the interior.
in, prep. [OE.]
- Throughout.
- Coming as; arriving by.
- As; for; representing one.
- At; towards the place of.
- During; at a time of.
- From.
- Contained by.
- Wearing; appearing with; having on.
- Occupying; dwelling at.
- As part of.
- For; in order to have.
- Using; on behalf of; for the sake of; by virtue of; by the authority of; by means of.
- By; through the medium of.
- Doing; engaged with.
- Representing; exemplifying.
- On; located upon; on the surface of.
- Of; for.
- Phrase. “in vain”: hopelessly; fruitlessly; in futility; not efficaciously; without obvious effect; without immediate results; not having positive resolution.
- Phrase. “in case”: perchance; in the event; for the contingency; to be ready if; if it should so happen.
- Phrase. “in state”: formally buried; ceremonially interred.
- Phrase. “in which”: that; during the time that; [conj.]
inactive, adj. [Fr. inactif.]
Dormant; asleep; static; suspended; slumbering; inanimate; motionless; not growing; [fig.] frozen; seeming to be lifeless.
inadequate, adj. [see adequate, adj.]
Incomplete; insufficient; unsatisfactory.
inadvertent, adj. [L.]
Accidental; haphazard; capricious; without cause; [transferred adverbial modifier of “dropt”] accidentally; haphazardly; by chance; not intentionally; [fig.] careless; negligent; inattentive.
inanition, n. [Fr. < L. inānītiōnem.]
Lassitude; uselessness; emptiness; futility.
inaudible, adj. [L. inaudībilis.] (webplay: voice).
Imperceptible; not perceivable; unable to be heard.
incarcerated, verbal adj. [L. incarcerātus.]
Imprisoned; confined; jailed; [fig.] reclusive; secluded; cloistered; hidden away; set apart for spiritual mediation; caught up in creative writing.